Flooding on the under construction €2.5m Baldoyle-Portmarnock greenway in Dublin was caused when workers on the site accidentally hit drains.
Water is now gathering creating very significant flooding
and new measures must be put in place to resolve the problem.
While it was hoped the new facility might already be
opened, the need to address the flooding issue means the project will be
delayed, though by how long is not clear.
Stickybottle first revealed the issue in a story last month which also featured video footage of the problem.
Now noteworthy.ie has secured emails exchanged within Fingal Co Council which shed more light on the matter.
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One says that workers on the site “hit two field drains
when putting in the service corridor underneath the pathway”. As a result,
groundwater was now “gathering in the lowest point in the landscape”.
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Flooding in the area was not anticipated when the project
was being planned.
The solution to the problem is a mooted trench dug alongside
the cycleway that will hold water when it gathers. If it fills the excess would
flow via a pipe into the nearby estuary.
However, that proposal was yet to be discussed with National
Parks and Wildlife Service when the emails released under Freedom of
Information were written one month ago.
The project is expected to open in May as no construction work was permitted from November to April on conservation grounds.
At 1.8km in length the Baldoyle to Portmarnock greenway is the first
phase of a long-term plan to provide a greenway along the full coastline
of Fingal.
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